Wendy
\wɛn.di\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of English origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Pronunciation | \wɛn.di\ |
Origin and meaning
Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904), though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel; therefore a doublet of Gwen. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Belgium
- Netherlands
Around the world
- GreekΓουέντι
- Japaneseウェンディ, ウェンディー
- DutchWendi
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).